WWI PROPAGANDA POSTERS

Answer the questions on the worksheet

by analyzing each of the posters.

IMAGE #1
IMAGE #2
IMAGE #3
IMAGE #4
 IMAGE #5

Background Information:
During WWI governments sold war bonds to raise funds to
pay for military expenses. Citizens would buy a bond for a
given amount of money; the government would use this
money to pay for the costs of war. After the war, the bond
could be redeemed for the original purchase price plus
interest.
 PROPAGANDA POSTER ANALYSIS

Propaganda Techniques POSTER ANALYSIS QUESTIONS

Reference
Image #1
Propaganda definition: 1. Who is the man in this poster? What does he represent?
The use of a variety of
communication techniques
that get people to believe or 2. Who is the audience for this poster?
do something they would
not normally believe in or
do.
3. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Techniques
Image #2
Name Calling: 4. What country does the man holding the sword represent?
Links a person or idea to
something negative
5. Briefly describe what is happening in the poster.
•“trash-talking”
•“mudslinging”
6. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Glittering Generalities:
•Using words of virtue, praise
•Links a person, idea, or product Image #3
7. Where did the death and damage depicted in the poster occur?
to something positive like
goodness or patriotism
8. Why should British men enlist immediately?
Transfer
•Links authority or prestige, such
as “Science” or “Medicine” 9. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
to something we should
believe or buy Image #4
10. Where is the intended audience for this poster located?
Bandwagon
•Makes the appeal that
“everyone else is doing it, 11. How would you describe Lady Libertyʼs body language in this poster?
and so should you.”
12. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?
Fear
•Warns the audience that
disaster will result if they do Image #5
not follow a particular 13. Why is the younger man telling his dad to “buy U.S. Government Bonds”?
course of action
14. How could war bonds help the war effort?

15. What propaganda technique(s) are being used?